Above Parr Business Services » An hour’s work…

Organise an Event

Sara — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:05:29 +0000

OK, so this has taken a lot more than an hour – but it’s something pretty special…

We’ve been really busy for the last few weeks, organising the Denby House Open Day on 11th September – a FREE networking event to celebrate the official opening of the business centre and the rebranding of space4work.com but we’re pretty much sorted – we can still squeeze a few more people in so if you would like to attend then send me an email.

Space4work provides flexible business accommodation offering easy in/out terms, plus a range of virtual business addresses including Denby House – which is where my office is. The new website allows businesses to choose their virtual office packages online so that they only pay for what they need – much like when they use us!

I’m not the sentimental sort, but I can honestly say that the support we’ve received from Director Alan Woolley has been fundamental to the speed with which our business has developed, so when he asked us to organise his event for him we were happy to agree.

Minky is very excited about meeting so many local business people and can hardly wait. He’s been tidying the office for days and keeps checking our list of nibbles to make sure we have enough nuts! He’s also looking forward to meeting George Cowcher when he officially opens the building at 11.30am – we have a feeling he’s going to try really hard to get his picture taken with him…

An hour’s work – Delete spam accumulated in your e-mail and sort, answer, or redirect remaining messages

Sara — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:00:23 +0000

Since starting this blog and getting himself known, Minky is getting quite a lot of emails – thankfully he has some help!

Minky ready for networking

Minky always has an inbox full of emails about “performance enhancing” products, his bank needing to check his details (even though he doesn’t actually bank with them!) and desperate widows trying to release their inheritance from evil dictators, but even though it’s rubbish it eats into his productive time and that costs him money! Considering what his “hourly” rate is he can’t afford to be sifting through emails, he’d be better off making (or selling) his product…

As professional administrators we know which emails are important to him and which are junk and can deal with them quickly and efficiently, sending him only the ones which are worth reading. With his consent we also reply to requests for further information about his products on his behalf, so that he has time to make those important follow-up calls that we all love doing…

Would you get better results if you only got the emails that were important to you?
If you would like to know more about our services, or have suggestions for future posts please send Minky an email and tell him what you think!

An hour’s work – Open and sort the mail for the week

Sara — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:00:58 +0000

After hearing about these people Minky has been having a bit of a sulk – and has taken to wearing shorts to the office!

One of our clients has all his company mail delivered to a UK mailing address at Denby House, where my office is. We filter out the junk, pay in his cheques and send him (via email) the important bits, so he only deals with the items that are vital to his business, saving him time and money. He gets a great service, improved cash flow because he doesn’t have to wait for his cheques to get to him before they get paid in and an extra hour on the beach – he’s based in Southern Europe!

If anything critical turns up (like bank cards or cheque books) then we post them over straight away, but for his general post we just bundle it all up once in a while and send it.

I was asked on a forum about mailing addresses a little while back – the person posting felt that it might be unethical to hide where your business is. My opinion (and that’s all it is) is that by having a mailing address you are providing a method of contacting you by post, nothing more – it’s no different to having someone answer your phone… (which we can also look after for you)

Doesn’t this sound like an ideal way to run your business? – I’m starting to like the sound of “our Florida office”
If you would like to know more about our services, or have suggestions for future posts please send Minky an email

An hour’s work – Write and post a blog entry

Sara — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:50:28 +0000

Fresh, relevant content on your website can increase your search engine rankings, giving your site greater exposure. Your acceptance by the wider community as an “expert” increases your company’s credibility and can lead to better conversion into sales. With Social Networking becoming more and more important, interacting effectively with your current and potential customers in a way that makes sense to them is vital.

Minky has a Twitter account – though he hasn’t really used it yet and only has a couple of people following him so far…

What he DOESN’T have though is the time (or the imagination) to compose interesting, meaningful content that won’t just be seen as spam. He’s also pretty rubbish at spelling…

We’ve suggested to him that he could set aside some time to decide what sort of thing he wants to blog about, then leave us to draft him some posts. That way he can have a stock ready for if he gets writer’s block, or he can compose something else and leave them for another time. We can also update his twitter page for him, to let his followers know what he’s up to…

It’s how we do our blog – because Sara has flashes of creative inspiration some days, but not every day.

If you would like to know more about how to create a set of stock blog posts then please email Minky (or Sara - if you don’t want to talk to the Monkey…)